Clip brush



March 22, 1938. H. HERTZBERG 2,112,195

CLIP BRUSH Filed March 5, 1957 INVENTOR O NEY Patented Mar. 22, 1938 CLIP BRUSH Harry Hertzberg, New

York, N. Y., assignor to Hertzberg Patents, Inc., New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application March 5,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in brushes and combs and more particularly to a device for conveniently and quickly attaching the said two devices to each other so that they may be carried in a pocket or hand bag and be used either separately or simultaneously.

It is the object of this invention to provide a device of this kind which is simple in design and construction, inexpensive to manufacture and durable and efficient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved comb and brush.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the simultaneous use of the comb and brush.

Fig. 1 of the drawing shows a pocket comb of usual construction having a back ll of substantially oval cross section and provided with coarse teeth. I2 for substantially one-half its length and with fine teeth l3 for the other half. A cylindrical brush I4 is formed of bristles twisted between a pair of metallic wires forming a central stem l5 therefore which extends a short distance beyond the bristles at either end of brush l4. On the overhanging ends metallic clips it and l! are suitably fastened by welding or soldering them to the metallic stem l5. Each clip consists preferably of a strip of hard spring metal and is substantially oval shape in cross section as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. 7 These clips form cooperating prongs adapted to surround almost completely the oval shaped back ll of the comb. The lower end of each prong is outwardly flared to slip easily over the upper curve of the oval back and to close in on the lower curve thereof. While on clip I! the flared portion i8 is of the full width of the clip; on clip l6, it is narrower than this width, forming a broad point as shown 1937, Serial No. 129,122

in Fig. 4 so that it may slip in the space between two of the coarse teeth l2 of the comb to lock the brush against longitudinal movement on the comb.

When the brush with the two clips is being fastened on to the comb, the bristles divide along the topof the back, being pressed apart thereby to form a groove in the cylindrical bristles as illustrated in Fig. 2, the sides of which assist in aligning the brush and comb and prevent transverse bending of the stem when in use.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a very convenient device is provided which can easily be carried in a pocket either joined together or brush and comb may be separately carried. When assembled, the comb and brush may be used separately or may be used jointly so that the combing and brushing may be done in a single operation as shown in Fig. 6.

The construction of this device is so simple that it can be produced and sold to the public for a very reasonable price.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in details of construction without departing from the principle of the invention and it is desired to be limited only by the state of the prior art and the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An attachment for a comb comprising a stem, bristles thereon, said stem protruding at each end of the bristles, a bowed spring clipon each protruding end for removably mounting the stem and bristles on a comb and means on one of the clips adapted to cooperate with the teeth of the comb for preventing relative movement of the attachment on the comb.

2. An attachment for a comb comprising a stem, bristles thereon, said stem protruding at each end of the bristles, a bowed spring clip on each protruding end for removably mounting the stem and bristles on a comb and a projecting ter-'- minal portion on one of said clips adapted to cooperate with the teeth of the comb to prevent relative movement therebetween.

HARRY HERTZBERG. 

